Questions tagged [translation]
Questions on specific points regarding translating Chinese. Do your own research first!
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How to literally translate this: 看完连书带钱交给摊主?
租借小人书很便宜，在摊里看，每册1分钱，选好书坐下就看，看完连书带钱交给摊主；
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20.
How to literally translate this: 看完连书带钱交给摊主?
I know that 看完 here means reading finished or reading ...
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On the Chinese translation of some words "by" Christopher Columbus
In the famous biography of Christopher Columbus by Jakob Wassermann, we find in Chapter 3 the frequently cited passage:
Ich nenne mich Cristobal Colón, bin ein Seefahrer aus Genua und muß betteln, ...
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Need help identifying this signature chop? wondering about meaning, age, history? (Characters identified: 彝齋)
I have this beautiful silk wall screen with lilies, and would love to know more about it. I cannot can't find any information. Can anyone help identify the chop stamp please? wondering about meaning, ...
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What is the literal translation of this: 摊主是位上了年纪、身材瘦小的老人?
...，整齐漂亮的毛笔字能充分地显示出书摊主人的文化水平。摊主是位上了年纪、身材瘦小的老人，总是穿着一件灰色长衫，...
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. I need your help in literal translating this: 摊主是位上了年纪、身材瘦小的老人。
So far, this is ...
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What's up with these bizarre noodle cooking instructions?
I recently purchased a pack of Yángjì Shānyě brand Nanchang noodles (阳际山野南昌拌粉). On one side of the package, under the straightforward label 食用指南, it has the following sequence of three labeled images:
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Is this sentence correct 很多人需开始工作得帮家
I'm making a text for a test and I ended up with this sentence 很多人需开始工作得帮家. What I'm Trying to say is:
Many people need to start working to help their families
It's a complex phrase for my level and I'...
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what does 如今年至及笄 mean?
This is a part of a character story and while I can understand other things that are written, this part evades my grasp. In official translation it was translated as "15 years", but there ...
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Who do 五尺童子 and 而屠戮 refer to here?
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《中国积弱溯源论》 is a text by Liang Qichao, wherein he laments the social structure in China. After a couple of paragraphs, he makes the point that the perception of each social stratum’s duty is ...
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What does "現代修真" mean?
現代修真
Is a type/category of novel, but what does it mean in English?
現代
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If 修真 means "Cultivating True Virtue", it doesn't seem to ...
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Need help understanding: "人生要就不忍，不然就請你一忍到底。"
I'm working through this video and am having trouble understanding the sentence the speaker says at 9:31:
人生要就不忍，不然就請你一忍到底。
My best guess is this means "in life you don't want to have to restrain ...
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How to literally translate this: 会因为费用增加而让投资人不高兴?
大导演非常着急，一来，耽误了时间，日程就得重新安排；二来，会因为费用增加而让投资人不高兴，至于这部影片的投资人，...
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 26.
How to literally translate this: 会因为费用增加而让投资人不高兴?
I have reached to the following ...
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This is on the bottom of a bronze vase (Characters identified: 萬歷秊製)
Does anyone know what this means? Would love to know more about the period it was made. Is it an authentic piece or reproduction?
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Words equivalent to ideas surrounding transience? (Think: Wabi Sabi)
I'm looking for words that capture the idea of 'passing by', 'transience' or 'releasing' in Chinese. Perhaps even 'empty space' or something similar?
Wabi Sabi is obviously a Japanese phrase and uses ...
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How do you understand her name "Bi-khim Hsiao"?
Her name in Chinese is "萧美琴" and in English is "Bi-khim Hsiao". How do you understand the translation?
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Please Identify Painting Signature
I have bought these painting years ago but now I am doing some research to find out who is the artist and what is written in chinese calligraphy.
Kindly help me with.
Thanks
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Seal script translation
enter image description hereI have two bronze seals in the form of tigers which I think may be Korean , the first with characters in what I think is Chinese small seal script the second in a normal ...
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What are the English equivalents for 民宿, 农家乐 and 网红打卡点？
Searching the info of travel, I have seen the above words many times and known roughly what they meant.
I saw a sign in both English and Chinese put on the wall of the information center of a tourist ...
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What is the meaning of 重重 in 尽管他们背着重重的行李?
他雇了20来个当地人为他带路和搬运行李。这批当地人个个都表现出色，尽管他们背着重重的行李，但他们的脚力过人，健步如飞。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 26. What is the meaning of 重重? How to make it make sense?
尽管(despite)他们(they)背着(...
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How to say 温馨的家 in English, a warm family?
温馨 （wen1xin1）：温暖。指亲切体贴的氛围
When I search 温馨的家 in Baidu, I got many photos of houses in warm color. If search cozy home in Google, I got similar photos of houses.
If I search warm family, Google shows ...
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What does 虚怀若谷 mean?
What does 虚怀若谷 mean? I'm learning some Chinese idioms and the translation that I was given was long and confusing, especially since my Mandarin isn't good. Can someone help me translate it?
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I need help: how to describe a Chinese LOGO without the picture
I am helping a liquor(baijiu) brand translate some materials for design competitions in UK, and I met difficulties when describing the details of the LOGO design.
In the picture is a part of the ...
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What is 灵恩派 in English?
福音派 (evangelicalism) and 灵恩派 (?) are constrasted in this Chinese article.
I was wondering what 灵恩派 is called in English? What denominations in US belong to it, if it exists in US?
I only know the ...
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What is the meaning of 脚力过人 in 尽管他们背着重重的行李，但他们的脚力过人，健步如飞?
他雇了20来个当地人为他带路和搬运行李。这批当地人个个都表现出色，尽管他们背着重重的行李，但他们的脚力过人，健步如飞。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, segment 26. What is the meaning of 脚力过人?
Baidu translate: Despite carrying heavy luggage, ...
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Differences between 知识，知，识，知感 and 认识？
“知识” 两个字我始终认为它是要分开来谈的，“知” 就是知感，“识” 就是认识。所谓 “知感” 就是别人告诉你、说给你听、要求你记住的那一部分。但只有这一部分是不够的，还要有认识、思考。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 22.
I would appreciate if you explain the ...
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Can anyone tell me what this tattoo means? Please and thanks 😊
my husband of 12 years has this tattoo on his chest. He got it when he was a teen. He thought it meant danger but it looks different then anything we've seen online. Can someone please tell us what ...
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Is 你多久吃一次鱼? a natural way to ask: How often do you eat fish?
The sentence
你多久吃一次鱼?
How often do you eat fish?
is on Tatoeba. The grammar seems different to English. The English "how often" is asking "with what frequency", whereas the ...
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How to literally translate this: 极爱冒险的大导演...?
据说，曾经有一位很有个性、极爱冒险的大导演到南美丛林拍有关古代印加文明的纪录片。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 26. About its literal translation, I have reached to the following point:
据说 (it is said that)，曾经(once)有(...
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What does this seal mean?
I found a beautiful thread art linen piece of art. This is the seal on it. I want to learn who made this art.
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Which is more correct when translating the name "萧熏儿" to English. Is it "Xiao Xun Er", "Xiao Xun er", "Xiao Xun-er", "Xiao Xun'er", or "Xiao Xuner"?
When translating the name of someone that has an "儿" in their name to English, which one is more correct?
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On the Chinese translation of some words by 歌德
I am curious about the official Chinese translation of a few words by 歌德. The first occurs on this webpage advertised as an aphorism, namely
Man weicht der Welt nicht sicherer aus als durch die Kunst,...
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How does 讽刺 mean both "sarcastic" and "ironic"?
A colleague described a situation (or maybe something a person said in that situation) as "sarcastic," but it didn't really make sense. I asked if she meant "ironic," and she said ...
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Is there a limit on the number of 的 in a sentence?
In the official translation of Friedrich Engels's 论封建制度的瓦解和民族国家的产生, there is a sentence 罗马法是纯粹私有制占统治的社会的生活条件和冲突的十分经典性的法律表现.
With so many 的 crowded in a short sentence, the reading is placed under high ...
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What is written on these paintings and does it have any meaning?
Someone I know has a small business in buying/selling things.
She asked if I know what the painting says as I know a limited amount of Japanese. while I couldn't read it even if it was Japanese, I ...
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What is the meaning of 却 in 却可以使我们不会在错误的道路上走得太远？
我有一个体会：现实中，我们不一定知道正确的道路是什么，但时时反省、总结，却可以使我们不会在错误的道路上走得太远。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 26. What is the meaning of 却 here?
却(?)可以(can)使(let)我们(us)不会(will not)在(in)错误的(wrong)道路(...
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Can someone please translate this?
Just bought this painting at an estate sale today. Would like to know the translation.
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Looking to identify a watercolour signature (Characters identified: 郭連訓)
Looking to identify a watercolour signature i just purcashed. 1989 made. any help is much appreciated.
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Can anyone help me translate the inscription located on the back of my Chinese coin?
I have not been successful in my search to find another coin with an identical matching inscription. What is the interpretation?
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Is 大臣 a direct address to an official?
It is sad to learn former Chinese prime minister H.E. Li Keqiang died unexpectedly at a still young age, but I am much impressed by his translation work which was done with his wife, a book in ...
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On the Chinese version of the movie "Braveheart"
I am pretty sure the movie "Braveheart" by Mel Gibson exists in a Chinese language version as there is a Chinese Wikipedia article about this movie.
I would like to know about the official ...
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How to translate "population" into Chinese?
Several dictionary says population means "人口".
However, I learnt that 人口 exclusively means the population of human.
In research, we often use population of rabbit or similar things. Can I ...
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Is 沉重的代价 a clumsy translation from "heavy cost"?
I came across the sentence which reads 以色列宣称要让哈马斯付出沉重的代价.
Heavy cost is no problem in English, but cost or price 代价or 价格 in Chinese often comes with high or low, not heavy or light, so am I right to ...
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Can anyone help translate an artist's seal for me? (Characters identified: 臨摹)
I have an original art print of a Wei Jin tombs brick but I can't get an accurate translation of the artist's seal. Below is a picture of the seal. Thank you to all who reply.
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Hoping to learn how the artist is? Need the seal translated
I have a framed scroll painting and I'm hoping to find out who the artist is. I tried to research the seal but had no success. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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Snuff Bottle Calligraphy
I recently inherited a modern snuff bottle collection that have what looks like old calligraphy on the back side. Can someone tell me what the calligraphy says, and maybe even the chop?
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“The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.”
This quote is imputed to John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946). How do I translate it to Chinese?
My attempt with Google Translate: 股市保持非理性的時間, 要比保持破產的時間長。
Keynes was thus able to scrape together the ...
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How do I understand 你家的房子是什么样的呀?
你家的房子是什么样的呀
I'm messaging a native Chinese speaker on hellotalk. And there's a few things that I'm not quite understanding.
Don't 家 and 房子 mean the same thing? Why have they said 家的房子?
The Google ...
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Seal on Yixing Teapot (Characters identified: 吳紅芳制)
I found this little teapot at a thrift store today, and am intrigued by the characters on the bottom.
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Please help translate these symbols from a very old bronze pot
Please help translate these symbols from a very old bronze pot..
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks in advance
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How to literally translate this: 正当水手们慌张得不知如何是好时， ..., 使劲儿朝里面放水？
有一位经验丰富的老船长，一次返航中，天气恶劣，他们的船遇到了可怕的巨大风浪。正当水手们慌张得不知如何是好时，老船长命令水手们立刻打开货舱，使劲儿朝里面放水。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, segment 25. How to literally translate this:
正当水手们慌张得不知如何是好时，...
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Help to translate signature and chop on scroll of Li River
Scroll of Li River with signature and chop.
Would like to know what it says or artist.
thank you
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